The Global Plankton Database: an inventory and data from the Former Soviet Union expeditions

At present time, there is a lack of knowledge on the interannual climate-related variability of zooplankton communities of the tropical Atlantic, central Mediterranean Sea, Caspian Sea, and Aral Sea, due to the absence of appropriate databases. In the mid latitudes, the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) is the dominant mode of atmospheric fluctuations over eastern North America, the northern Atlantic Ocean and Europe. Therefore, one of the issues that need to be addressed through data synthesis is the evaluation of interannual patterns in species abundance and species diversity over these regions in regard to the NAO. The database has been used to investigate the ecological role of the NAO in interannual variations of mesozooplankton abundance and biomass along the zonal array of the NAO influence. Basic approach to the proposed research involved: (1) development of co-operation between experts and data holders in Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, UK, and USA to rescue and compile the oceanographic data sets and release them on CD-ROM, (2) organization and compilation of a database based on FSU cruises to the above regions, (3) analysis of the basin-scale interannual variability of the zooplankton species abundance, biomass, and species diversity.

Poetae latini minores ... /

En port. consta: Claudii Rutilii Numatiani Iter. Q. Serenus Samonicus De medicina. Vindicianus sive Marcellus De medicina. Q. Rhemnius Fannius Palaemon De ponderibus & mensuris, et Sulpiciae satyra.

Grammatici latini ex recensione Henrici Keilii ...

v. 6. Scriptores artis metricae: Marivs Victorinvs, Maximvs Victorinvs, Caesivs Bassvs, Atilivs Fortvnatianvs, Terentianvs Mavrvs, Marivs Plotivs Sacerdos, Rvfinvs, Mallivs Theodorvs, Fragmenta et excerpta metrica.--v. 7. Scriptores de orthographia: Terentivs Scavrvs, Velivs Longvs, Caper, Agroecivs, Cassiodorivs, Martyrivs, Beda, Albinvs. Avdacis excerpta, Dosithei Ars grammatica, Arvsiani Messii Exempla elocvtionvm, Cornelii Frontonis liber de differentiis, Fragmenta grammatica. Index scriptorvm.--v. 8. Anecdota helvetica qvae ad grammaticam latinum spectant.

Segregation of Palaemonid Shrimp Along an Everglades Estuarine Gradient: Do Multiple Species Have Similar Trophic Function?

Variation in physical gradients and production along estuaries can alter species compositions. Spatiotemporal variation in abundance and distribution of palaemonid shrimp species was investigated in relation to seasonal freshwater inputs and salinity in the Shark River Estuary, Everglades National Park, Florida, USA. Using trapping techniques, multiple sites were sampled repeatedly extending from the headwaters to the Gulf of Mexico. Stable isotope analyses were also performed on a subset of samples. Five palaemonid species occurred in the samples: Palaemonetes paludosus (Gibbes, 1850), Palaemonetes pugio (Holthuis, 1949), Palaemonetes intermedius (Holthuis, 1949), Palaemon floridanus (Chace, 1942), and Leander paulensis(Ortmann, 1897). Overall, shrimp catches in traps doubled in the dry season. Catches in the upper estuary were dominated by P.paludosus, particularly in the wet season, while catch per unit effort at the most downstream and highest salinity sites were dominated by P. floridanus. At mid-estuary, several species co-occurred. δ15n analyses revealed that most species filled similar roles in the community, with the exception of P. paludosus, which shifted from enrichment in the dry season to depletion in the wet season as it expanded downstream in the estuary. Palaemonid δ13C values varied between sites and seasons, with shrimp in upstream sites being more depleted. These data suggest that changes in salinity regimes resulting from Everglades restoration efforts may result in species replacement, with potential implications for trophic dynamics.